Lin'an Longmen tourist attractions introduction in English

English introduction to Luoyang Longmen Grottoes

The gate grottoes were excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

the grottoes were constructed on a large scale for more than 400 years in succession in the Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Song Dynasties.

The length of the Grottoes is 1 kilometer in the north and south. There are now 2345 grottoes, more than 100,000 statues and more than 200 inscriptions on tablets.

Among them, "twenty products of Longmen" is the essence of calligraphy and Wei tablet. Zhu Suiliang's book "the monument of Yi Gu Shrine" is a model of regular script art .

Longmen Grottoes lasted for a long time and spanned many dynasties.

With a large number of physical images and literary materials.

They reflected the development and changes of ancient Chinese politics, economy, religion, culture and many other fields.

and made great contributions to the innovation and development of Chinese grotto art. In 2000, it was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

Translation:

The Gate Grottoes were excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then went through the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song The other dynasties continued large-scale construction for more than 400 years, with a length of 1 kilometer from north to south. Today, there are 2,345 caves, more than 100,000 statues, and more than 2,800 inscriptions. Among them, "Twenty Products of Longmen" is the essence of Wei calligraphy stele, and "Stele of Yique Buddhist Niche" written by Chu Suiliang is a model of regular script art in the early Tang Dynasty.

The Longmen Grottoes lasted for a long time and spanned many dynasties. They reflected the development and changes in ancient China's politics, economy, religion, culture and many other fields from different aspects with a large number of physical images and written materials. They also exerted great influence on Chinese grotto art. has made significant contributions to innovation and development. It was listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2000.

Extended information:

The Longmen Grottoes are the place where the royal nobles of the Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties concentrated their vows and statues. They are the embodiment of the royal will and behavior and have a strong national religious flavor. The statues of the two dynasties reflect completely different styles of the times. The statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty lost the rough, majestic and vigorous characteristics of the Yungang Grottoes here, and the atmosphere of life gradually became more lively, delicate and gentle.

These Northern Wei Dynasty statues have slender faces, thin shoulders, and straight chests. The clothing patterns are carved using straight knife techniques, which are strong and simple. Among the many caves carved during the Northern Wei Dynasty, Guyang Cave, Binyang Middle Cave, Lotus Cave, and Grotto Temple are the most representative ones.

Among them, Guyang Cave contains a collection of statues of a group of royal nobles and court ministers in the early days when the Northern Wei Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, which typically reflects the historical sentiment of the Northern Wei Dynasty when the whole country worshiped Buddhism. These stone carvings with various shapes and dazzling arrays are precious records of the intersection and integration of traditional Chinese culture and foreign civilizations.

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Longmen Grottoes in English

The English name of Longmen Grottoes is: the Longmen Grottoes

Example sentence:

1. Influence of Water Permeation and Analysis of Treatment for the Longmen Grottoes

2. There, they excavated the Longmen Grottoes , built more magnificent Buddha statues.

There, they built more grand Buddhist statues at the Longmen Grottoes.

3. Blaisac: As early as 1909, Warner was eyeing the Longmen Grottoes in Henan, but He was unable to get funding from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he worked at the time, to conduct excavations.

Ms. Brysac: Warner had had his eye on the Longmen caves in Henan Province since 1909, but he had been unable to obtain funding from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he was then working, to explore them.

4. The majestic Longmen Grottoes are precious ancient Buddhist sculpture art.

The magnificent Longmen Grottoes are ancient sculptures priceless to Buddhists.

Longmen Grottoes English tourguide word

Longmen Grottoes tourguide word

Hello, Confucius said, has the friend to come from the distant place, delight. Today, I am precisely have this kind of feelings to receive fellow friends the arrival.

Luoyang, is the historically famous city which the Chinese and foreignis well-known. She has glorious historical, bright cultural and the multitudinous cultural relic historical site. In order to cause fellowguests at Luoyang period can has the further understanding to thisancient city historical culture and the historical site, is riding ina carriage the scenic spot visit on the way, I Luoyang's history and the Longmen Grottoes approximate situation, will make the simple introduction to everybody. Luoyang is located west Henan Province, the Yellow River middle reaches Nanan. Because of is situated at northshore the Luohe river to acquire fame, Italy is positive for the Luoriver water.

Luoyang in the history once was the city which the multitudinousdynasty founds a capital, is known to be "nine faces the ancientcapital". In this more than 1,000 years historical perpetual flow,Luoyang once the long time took Chinese the political, cultural, theeconomical center. Today, we visit the world famous Longmen Grottoesthen are one of multitudinous cultural relic historical sites.

The Longmen Grottoes, in the Luoyang Nanjiao's Dragon Gate mountainpass place, are apart from the urban district 12.5 kilometers, too and19 years opens cutting from Northern Wei Dynasty, up to now some more than 1,500 years history, it with the Dunhuang Mogao Caves, the Datongcloud hillock rock cave, together has composed our country famous three big rock caves art treasure house.

Dragon Gate, in the Spring and Autumn Period Warring States timecalled "Iraq Xiangshan (Dongshan) (Xishan) the thing confronts with Longmen Mountain, the Iraqi water from the average, has formed agrand gate Latter because is in the Sui and Tang dynasties empiresouth, also calls Dragon Gate.

So-called "rock cave", is the hole which opens on the cliffcliff is straight, perhaps natural forms the pit hole, with hides orstores food and the thing. As early as in primitive society, the people have used the natural pit hole description zoomorphism and thelife scene, however by the phenomenon appears and the placewhich as the buddhist, the clergy worships buddha and leads a piouslife, actually is starts Buddhism after ancient India to appear.

As a result of wooded mountain lonesome and quiet, mystical, rock cavewarm in winter and cool in summer, the rock cave uses the templeconvenience according to Shan Diaozao which the bricks and stonesbuilds to be more durable than, therefore appeared the collectionbuilding, the drawing, the vulture in ancient India has chiselled art to accomplish This kind of art, does missionarywork the activity along with the clergy to spread to our country theborder area and the inland, with our country national characteristics and the traditional each kind of artistic technique style fusionconnection, becomes our country one kind of unique carving, the colored drawing on pottery craft. We must look today the LongmenGrottoes are one of in our country multitudinous temple grouptreasures.

The Longmen Grottoes group carving, the advantage which said besidesfront, but also has the noticeable natural condition. The Iraqi waterboth banks cliff all belong to the Paleozoic Era cambrian period and the Ordovician discipline lime rock layer. Its lithical hard, thestructure is close, not suitably makes decent and the big area suits very much to the artistic statue, compares with other granulatedsubstance rocks, has is suitable for preserving the advantage.

After Luoyang Longmen Grottoes opening cutting is continues Gansu theDunhuang rock cave, the Shanxi Datong's cloud hillock rock cave anlarge-scale group which opens cutting by the imperialfamily, constructs to Northern Wei Dynasty too with the year,successively has been through repeatedly the Eastern Wei Dynasty,Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern ZhouDynasty, Sui and Tang dynasties, five generations delays until the Qing Dynasty. Around more than 400 years. Large-scale, effectivenessbuilds calculates roughly about for 150 years, separately appears in Northern Wei Dynasty (occupies for more than 40 years) (toapproximately compose about for 110 years ) with Sui and Tang dynastiesthe time. The Longmen Grottoes niche for a statue ofBuddha, the statue spread all over along Iraqi water both banks in theDragon Gate thing two mountains on, the north and south longamount to 1 kilometer.

Fellow friends, we approximately use 1.5 - 2 hours time at the LongmenGrottoes visit, in this, our each minute may see to 1,000 large and small images of Buddha. According to 1962 Dragon Gate preservation of cultural relics statistics, two mountains extant holes niche more than2,100. Size statue 100,000, pagoda 40, statue prefatory remarksinscribed text approximately more than 2,870 blocks. Statue byNorthern Wei Dynasty (Eastern Wei Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty), Sui,Tang primarily. Northern Wei Dynasty approximately composes about 30%,Sui and Tang dynasties account for about 60%. The Longmen Grottoesbiggest statue for presents first temple Lu Shenei the Buddha. The Longmen Grottoes group, the majority of centralisms in Iraqi waterWest bank on, including 7 large-scale caverns. Because of theDragon Gate Dongshan's rock layer compared to Xishan's thin, theinconvenient vulture chisels the large-scale statue. In the LongmenGrottoes, the Northern Wei Dynasty time cavern has representatively is in the ancient positive hole, Binyang the hole, the lotus flower hole and so on. The Sui 译典 representative is south Binyang the hole.The Tang Dynasty has the representative cavern to include: Dives norththe brook temple, Binyang the hole, Wan Fudong, presents first thetemple and so on.

The Longmen Grottoes statue, not only is all previous dynastiesworking people and the artist infinite wisdom and the blood and sweatcrystallization, also is rare and beautiful flowers which externalcultural and our country culture union becomes. These carving is undertaking for god Buddha and the king statue mission, actually boldly broke through the religion and the Confucianism " the ritual"the fetter. Melted the massive real life in the carving process,living has displayed each kind of character statue touching scene. Ifjoyful, gentle, dignified, acts with constraint, the pain, down totook to high immeasurable control Buddha dignified solemn andrespectful , coerces waits on the person and reverently provides for the person to be tranquil, does not have one is not the artists to thereality "the person" the profound observation, unifies the expressionmeans using the realism and the romanticism, performs highly tosummarize the centralized result. Really it may be said is true to life which the Buddha and the person displays in carving art general,lifelike. But forms in one's mind the layout integrity, imposingmanner concentrating on, overall solid powerful, disposition changediverse, facial expression vivid lifelike, the clothes grain linesmooth is exquisite and so on, was in 1100 in the artistic practice tradition foundation, the massive models external culture, the result which in the technique, the style the careful creation, the massive innovations, the breakthrough tradition, sedulously managed. The richtalent ancient times artisan and the carving design artist, facing thebare sheer precipice, was utilizing simple chiselling, carved the s